 SOUTH CAROLINA
1999 serious action rate: 3.03/1000 doctors |
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In South Carolina, there were disciplinary actions reported against 229 doctors including 18 who were disciplined for substance abuse, 42 for misprescribing or overprescribing drugs, 19 for sexual abuse of or sexual misconduct with a patient, 15 for substandard care, incompetence or negligence and 23 who were convicted of a crime. |
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The State Board of Medical Examiners of South Carolina sent annual reports listing disciplinary actions from January 1990 through March 1992 and for 1995 through 1999, as well as license verification sheets for 1995 through 1996. The reports include the physician's name, license number, city and state of residence, date of birth, date and type of action taken, the reason for the action and the section of law that was violated. For 1993 through 1994 we received board orders that include the physician's name, license number, address, action taken and the reason for the action. The information also contains some modifications and terminations of board actions but not court decisions affecting board actions. South Carolina gave us additional information on these actions.. Actions that were under appeal as of the publication date of the report were not listed. The information provided covers disciplinary actions taken against allopathic physicians (MDs) and osteopathic physicians (DOs). Besides disciplinary actions taken by the State Medical Board, this listing also includes actions taken by the Medicare/Medicaid programs, the FDA, and the DEA against physicians located in this state. Disciplinary actions taken by other states against physicians located in South Carolina or that match a physician disciplined by South Carolina are also included.
According to the Federation of State Medical Boards, South Carolina took 27 serious disciplinary actions against MDs and DOs in 1999. Compared to the 8,923 MDs practicing in the state, South Carolina had a serious disciplinary action rate of 3.03 serious actions per 1,000 MDs and a ranking of 29th on that list (see Table A). The tables below summarize the data Public Citizen received from South Carolina.
* This table lists only the two most serious disciplinary actions taken against a
physician.
* Includes only those actions for which an offense was listed and for which we had a corresponding term in our database.
If you feel that your doctor has not given you proper medical care or has mistreated you in any way--whether or not he or she is listed in this report--it is important that you let your state medical board know. Even if they do not immediately act on your complaint, it is important that the information be recorded in their files because it is possible that other people may have filed or will file complaints about the same doctor. Send a brief written description of what occurred to the addresses below or call the phone numbers listed for more information on how to file a complaint. Address Internet Address: http://www.llr.state.sc.us/me.htm |
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